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Bishop Sklba’s funeral draws protest from abuse survivors [Video]

52 OF THEM INVOLVED A WEAPON. WELL, FUNERAL SERVICES FOR A LONG-TIME MILWAUKEE BISHOP WERE HELD TODAY. WAS LOYALTY. HE WAS FAITHFUL BECAUSE GOD WAS FAITHFUL TO HIM AND SO HE COULDN’T HELP BUT BE FAITHFUL TO EVERYBODY ELSE. THAT’S WHY HE CALLED EVERYBODY FRIENDS. SO THERE ARE MOURNERS FILLED THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE TO SAY GOODBYE TO BISHOP RICHARD SKLBA. THE RETIRED BISHOP DIED LAST MONTH AT THE AGE OF 89. RACINE NATIVE WAS INSTALLED AS AUXILIARY BISHOP IN MILWAUKEE IN 1979, AND SERVED IN THAT ROLE UNDER THE LAST THREE ARCHBISHOPS. NOW SURVIVORS OF CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE HELD A PROTEST BEFORE TODAY’S FUNERAL MASS. THE GROUP ACCUSED BISHOP SKLBA OF SECRETLY MOVING PRIESTS TO ABUSE KIDS FROM ONE PARISH TO ANOTHER. THEY HANDED OUT PAMPHLETS OUTLINING THEIR ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE LATE BISHOP TO THOSE WALKING INSIDE THE CHURCH. YOU CANNOT PUT THE …

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